Recording golf tally



June 10 1924.

1,497,111 A. J. MASON RECORDING GOLF TALLY Filed July 31 1923 //YV/Y70A Patented June 10, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. MASON, OF WEST HARTFORD. CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE & S. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

RECORDING- GOLF TALLY.

Application filed July 31, 1923.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. MAsoN, a citizen of the United States, residin at West Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, hav invented a new and useful Improvement in Recording Golf Tallies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those devices which are. designed for the purpose of enabling a player to keep a permanent record of his score for each hole of a golf game.

The object of th invention is to provide a simple, small, inexpensive conveniently carried and easily manipulated device into which a dial having localities for recording the several strokes of the different holes may be readily inserted and following each stroke marked so that it will plainly show when removed, the number of strokes taken for each hole.

In attaining this object in the embodiment of the invention illustrated there is a frame with a record receiving disk having stations representing the different holes, and a recording dial having stations representing theseveral strokes. the disk being rotat-ably mounted on an axis which will bring the hole stations in succession back of the dial. and the dial being rotatable on an axis which will carry the recording means with which the dial is provided around the center of the particular hole station back of it, whereby if after each stroke the dial is turned one step and pressed and after each hole the disk is turned one step the dial will have impressed on it the number of strokes played for each hole.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows on enlarged scale a plan of a recording golf tally which embodies the invention. Fig. 2 shows a top edge view of the same. Fig. 3 shows a side edge view with the record disk cut in diametrical section.

The frame which is shown is stamped to shape from sheet metal andffolded over to provide a back 1 and a spring arm 2 in front of the back. The frame may be provided with any suitable means for attachin it to the person, clothing or apparatus 0 Serial No. 654,817.

the player. In the device illustrated the back near the edges is pressed out so as to form loo s 3 adapted to receiv straps which may be fastened about the wrist of the player. Near the middle. and punched in from the back is a central hub 4 which is designed to form a pivot for the record disk 5, and punched in from the back near the top is a hub 6 which is adapted to provide an index for locating the record disk as it is turned from station to station. A portion of the frame may be struck inward from the arm or another piece may be attached t0 the back and bent over the front to provide spring fingers 7 which are designed to press on the top of the record disk and temporarily retain it in position when the disk is thrust under the fingers and pivoted on the central hub.

The record disk has a central perforation 8 adapted to fit the central hub on the-back of the frame and it has annularly arranged perforations which are desirably numbered in sequence from 1 to 9. The radial distance of these outer perforations from the central perforation is equal to the radial distance of the hub 6 from the central hub 4 so that as the disk is turnedfrom station to station the hub 6 will enter a pertoration and retain the disk in position. Annularly arranged around each of the outer perforations are indices which may or may not be numbered. On the dial shown there are twenty of these indices about each perforation which perforations represent the hole stations. If there are nine of these annularly located perforations or stations in the disk they are desirably numbered on one side from 1 to 9 for the first nine holes of the links. and on the other side from 10 to 18 for the second nine holes. the disk being reversed for in and out play.

Pivotally mounted on the inside of the spring arm which forms the front of the frame is a dial 10 which bears numerals designed to represent the number of strokes. The dial is mounted on the arm with its axis adapted to coincide with the centers of th annularly arranged perforations in the disk. With this arrangmenet the disk dex the dial after it is turned. shown has twenty notches and'these notches may be rotated to bring in succession under the dial each hole perforation in the disk, and the dial may be rotated over the perforations under it. The edge of the d al is preferably notched so that it may be easily gripped for turning and the tip 11 of the arm is bent down so as to form a pawl which will engage with the notches and 1n- The dial .pivot hub and set to show 1 through the perforation in the dial.

After each stroke the dial is turned one notch and then pressed inward. This forms a series of impressions or marks in a circle about the first hole perforation in thedisk, which impressions of .course will equal the number of strokes made for that hole. After each hole is played'the dial is turned back to zero and the disk turned to bring the next hole station below the dial. This is repeated until nine holes have been played and then the disk may bewithdrawn and replaced the other side up for receiving the registrations for the next nine holes.

With this device operated in this manner 7 a permanent record may be made show- .ing the exact number of strokes for each hole of a game, the strokes for each hole being located around the corresponding hole .in the disk.

The invention claimed is 1. A recording golf tally comprising a frame, adisk detachably applied to and rotatable 'on the'frame, a dial rotatably mounted on the frameand movable toward and :from the disk, the axis of the dial being veccentric to the axis of the disk, and means carried by the dial and adapted to be revolved over and impinged against the disk.

, .2..A recording sgolf tally comprising a .i-frame, a'disk detachably applied to'and rotatable on the frame, said disk having annularly arranged and consecutively num- ,bered perforations, adial rotatably mounted :on theframe and movable toward and from thedisk, the .axis of the dial being eccentric tothe axis of thedisk, and means carried ,..bythe dial and adapted to be impinged against thedisk around the perforations 7 therein. 1

" 3.. A recording golf tally comprising a frame bent to provide a back and a spring arm in front of the back, a disk detachably applied to and rotatable on the back of the frame, a dial rotatably mounted on said spring arm, the axis of the dial being eccentric to the axis of the disk, and means carried by the dial and adapted to be revolved over and impinged against the disk.

4. A recording golf tally comprising a frame having a back, a spring armand spring finger, a disk rotatably mounted on the frame and detachably held thereto by the spring finger, a dial rotatably mounted onthe saidarm and movable toward and from the disk, the axis of the dial being eccentric to the axis of the disk, and means carried by the dial and adapted to be revolved over and impinged against the disk.

5. A recording golf tally comprising a frame having a back and a spring arm, a disk detachably applied to and rotatable on the frame, a dial with a notched edge rotatably mounted on the spring arm, said arm having a part engaged with the notched edge of the dial, the axis of the dial being eccentric to-the axis of the disk, and means carried by the dial and adapted to'be revolved over and impinged against the disk.

6. A recording golf tally comprising a frame, a disk detachably applied to and rotatable on the frame, said disk having annularly arranged and consecutively numbered perforations with indices about .said perforations, a dial rotatably mounted on the frame and movable toward and from the disk, the axis of the dial being-eccentric to the axis of the disk, and means carried by the dial and adapted to be impinged against the disk and mark said indices.

7. A recording golf tally comprising a frame having a back and a springarm, a diskdetachably applied toand rotatable on the frame, a dial with a notched edge, said notches being consecutively numbered 'and said dial being rotatably mounted on the spring arm with its axis eccentric to the axis of the disk,and means carried by the dial and adapted to be revolved over and impinged against the disk.

8. A recording golf tallycomprising a frame having'a back, a spring arm and spring finger, a disk rotatably'mounted on the frame and detachably held thereto by the spring finger, a dial rotatably mounted on thesaid arm with its axis eccentric torthe axis of the disk, and a prick punch carried by the dial and adapted to be revolved over and impinged against the disk.

9. A recording golf tally comprising a frame bent to providea back and a spring arm and spring finger in frontof the back, saidback being punched to providea pivot hub and an index hub, a perforated disk rotatably held on said pivot hub by said spring finger andadapted to beindexed by said index hub, a dial rotatably mounted on frame, a dial with numbered stroke stations, rotatably mounted on the frame, the axis of the dial being eccentric t0 the axis of 1 the disk, and means carried by the dial and adapted to be impinged against the disk.

ARTHUR J. MASON. 

